IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK KUMAR SINGH &

HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE HIMANSHU JOSHI ON THE 23^rd OF FEBRURARY, 2026 FIRST APPEAL NO.448 of 2025 JITESH KUMAR TOLANI Versus SMT. VARSHA TOLANI Appearance:

Shri Siddharth Sharma – Advocate through Video Conferencing with Shri Mayank Upadhyay – Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Sanjay Agrawal- Senior Advocate with Ms. Ankita Singh Parihar – Advocate for the respondent.

Reserved on : 09.02.2026 Pronounced on : 23.02.2026 J U D G M E N T Per : Justice Vivek Kumar Singh This first appeal under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 has been filed by the appellant/husband being aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 14.02.2025 passed by First Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bhopal (M.P.) in Regular Civil Suit No.HM-1557/2021, whereby the application under Section 13(1)(ia)(ib) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for brevity ‘HM Act, 1955’) filed by the appellant/husband seeking dissolution of marriage on the ground of ‘cruelty’ has been dismissed.

2. Factual matrix of the case, in short, are that the marriage between the appellant and the respondent was solemnized on 28.11.2011 as per Hindu